I am honored that I was selected to present my session "Winning with Column Store: A Customer Story" for the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS event. Details about my session and the 23 other sessions may be found here - http://www.sqlpass.org/Events/24HoursofPASS.aspx Read More...

I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 470 in Bethesda, MD at the Microsoft MTC on Dec 5! The event is already sold out with a waiting list! http://www.sqlsaturday.com/470/eventhome.aspx My topic is "First Look at SQL Server Read More...

I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 452 in Charlotte on Oct 17! Last year, this event had a great turnout. Be a part of it this year! Register Now! http://www.sqlsaturday.com/452/eventhome.aspx My topic is "First Look at SQL Read More...

I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #445 on October 10, 2015! When I first moved to North Carolina 25 years ago, I moved to Raleigh. The Triangle is a great place to live and raise a family. There is still time to register. Read More...

I will once again be going to the PASS Summit. This year I will have a 10 minute Lightning Talk on Rethinking the Resume. Essentially, we will discuss various ways to make your Resume stand out and show some examples of how others have rethought their Read More...

It has been confirmed that I will be delivering a webcast on "What to Expect at the PASS SUmmit 2013" on Oct 3, 2013 at 12:30pm ET. Here is the link to register for the event. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7411380526146008833 This is targeted Read More...

Next week, I am tentatively planning a webcast on Oct 3, 2013 @ 12:30pm ET as I have done over the past couple of years aimed at First Time Attendees. Once I get things confirmed, I will post a link for registration. I updated my PPT Deck with the new Read More...

I volunteered to help out and present a keynote at SQL Saturday #250 . It worked out that they couldn't find anyone better. :-) I am really looking forward to it and hope that I do not disappoint. The time available is about 40 minutes so it can't get Read More...

Tomorrow will mark another chapter in the 24 Hours of PASS series.I am involved once again - this time in a moderator role. The event begins at 8am ET for me. I will be introducing Alberto Ferrari who will be speaking on "Excel 2013 Power Pivot in Action" Read More...

I have a business trip scheduled out far enough in advance for a change. I was able to schedule a presentation at the San Francisco SQL Server User Group on Sep 12 about SQL Server Consolidation Strategies. If you will be in the SF area on Sep 12, I invite Read More...

I am fortunate enough to be speaking to a user group with a really cool name - Atlanta.MDF (Microsoft Database Forum). Although I visit Atlanta often, it usually involves running from one councourse to another and rarely do I get the chance to visit the Read More...

I recently did a Rick Review of the Day 3 Keynote from the 2008 PASS Community Summit that featured Dr. DeWitt speaking on new technology that ended up in the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) edition of SQL Server 2008 R2. I decided to also listen again Read More...

Am I stuck in the past? Not really, but I like to blog about the recordings that I have recently watched. There are a lot of recordings out there on the PASS website and other places. Recently I have had the good fortune of exploring some of the neat Read More...